Marcelinho Carioca

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pereira and the second or paternal family name is Surcin.

Marcelo Pereira Surcin (born 1 February 1971), known as Marcelinho Carioca, is a former Brazilian professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Known as Pé de Anjo (Angel's Foot) for his free kick accuracy, he scored 80 goals in this manner out of a total tally of 505.^[1]

Marcelinho Carioca

Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Pereira Surcin
Date of birth	(1971-01-01) 1 January 1971 (age 54)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1993	Flamengo	64	(10)
1994–1997	Corinthians	53	(14)
1997	Valencia	5	(0)
1998–2001	Corinthians	62	(36)
2001	Santos	15	(5)
2002	Gamba Osaka	21	(3)
2003	Vasco da Gama	18	(9)
2003	Al Nassr	6	(3)
2004	Vasco da Gama	1	(0)
2004	Ajaccio	10	(2)
2005	Brasiliense	26	(9)
2006	Corinthians	5	(0)
2007–2009	Santo André	71	(13)
2012	Corinthians (beach soccer)	4	(?)
Total		311	(93)
International career
1994–2001	Brazil	4	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

A legend of Corinthians, Marcelinho scored 206 goals in 420 matches for the Timão from 1994 to 2001. He won 8 trophies, including two consecutive national titles and the inaugural FIFA Club World Cup in 2000, but never succeeded internationally due to his difficult character and falling-outs with national team coaches.^[2][3]

Club career

Corinthians

After winning 1990 Brazilian Cup, 1991 Rio de Janeiro State Championship and 1992 Brazilian National Championship as a Flamengo player, Marcelinho Carioca signed his first contract with Corinthians—who bought him from Flamengo for US$500.000,00^[clarify] in December 1993. In mid-1997, after winning the Brazilian Cup (Copa do Brasil) and the São Paulo State Championship (Campeonato Paulista), he was sold to Valencia (ESP) for US$7,000,000 where he would become a teammate of Romário.^[4] With the Mestalla side he would play 11 games,^[5] of which five would be on La Liga,^[6] and scored one single goal,^[5] against Hércules in the Copa Generalitat.^[7]

After this spell, unsuccessfully came back to Corinthians in the end of the year.^[8] Back to "Parque São Jorge" he was two times champion of the national championship (Campeonato Brasileiro, 98 and 99), one time state champion (2001), and raised the trophy of the first FIFA world club championship in 2000.

The second time he left the team seemed to be for good. After a few conflicts with teammates in mid-2001, he was accused of denigrating the clubs image, and left the squad. After training alone for some time in the club, he won in justice the opportunity to play for Santos FC, where he stayed for six months. In a legal dispute (for the 2001 incident), Corinthians won in first instance, obliging the player to pay R$9.000.000.

In February 2006, as part of a deal, he signed his third contract with Corinthians but only six months later, as of the arrival and request of manager Émerson Leão, Marcelinho Carioca was released. He was signed by Santo André the following year, where he stayed until 2009 winning promotion to Brazilian First Division in 2008 but being relegated the following year. He played a farewell match for Corinthians early in 2010 in a friendly against Huracán.

In 2012, he played four games for the Corinthians beach soccer team.

Career statistics

Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			State league		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Flamengo	1988	Série A	5	0	–		–		–		–		5	0
	1989		8	1	–		4	0	–		7	0	19	1
	1990		9	0	9	3	5	1	–		12	2	35	6
	1991		17	3	18	5	–		9	5	27	5	71	18
	1992		5	1	17	3	–		–		14	2	36	6
	1993		19	5	15	5	5	0	8	2	29	6	76	18
	Total		63	10	59	16	14	1	17	7	89	15	242	49
Corinthians	1994	Série A	25	8	26	12	4	2	4	4	7	5	66	31
	1995		16	5	32	14	8	6	4	1	–		60	26
	1996		12	1	22	19	4	1	10	4	–		48	25
	1997		0	0	21	11	2	0	–		2	0	25	12
	Total		53	14	101	56	18	9	18	9	9	5	199	94
Valencia	1997–98	La Liga	5	0	–		1	0	–		–		6	0
Corinthians	1998	Série A	28	19	13	3	3	3	4	2	4	1	52	28
	1999		26	15	16	8	5	2	16	4	6	2	69	31
	2000		15	4	15	13	–		15	4	4	0	49	21
	Total		69	38	44	24	8	5	35	10	14	3	170	80
Santos	2001	Série A	15	5	18	11	9	6	–		4	0	46	22
Gamba Osaka	2002	J. League Division 1	21	3	–		–		–		6	4	27	7
Vasco da Gama	2003	Série A	18	9	13	7	5	0	–		–		36	16
Al-Nassr	2003–04	Saudi Premier League	12	6	–		–		–		–		12	6
Vasco da Gama	2004	Série A	1	0	2	1	2	1	–		–		5	2
Ajaccio	2004–05	Ligue 1	10	2	–		–		–		–		10	2
Brasiliense	2005	Série A	26	9	–		–		–		–		26	9
Corinthians	2006	Série A	5	0	–		–		–		–		5	0
Santo André	2007	Série B	8	0	–		–		–		–		8	0
	2008		31	8	13	3	–		–		–		44	11
	2009	Série A	32	5	13	1	–		–		–		45	6
	Total		71	13	26	4	–		–		–		97	17
Career total			369	109	263	119	57	22	70	26	122	27	881	303

International

Brazil
Year	Apps	Goals
1994	1	0
1998	2	2
1999	0	0
2000	0	0
2001	1	0
Total	4	2

Honours

Club

Flamengo

• Série A: 1992
• Copa do Brasil: 1990
• Campeonato Carioca: 1991

Corinthians

• Série A: 1998, 1999
• Copa do Brasil: 1995
• Campeonato Paulista: 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2000

Individual

• Bola de Ouro: 1999
• Bola de Prata: 1994, 1999, 2003^[11]
• South American Team of the Year: 1998